Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think? 90s death metal aside, we wanted to bring diversity to the forefront of today’s celebrity style conversation by making it official: Men, it’s okay to wear a skirt…even if you do love Jesus very much.

That’s exactly what Neymar Jr did this week when he stepped out for his new fragrance launch with Diesel called ‘Spirit of the Brave’. The 27-year-old professional diver Brazilian football star rocked a unique ensemble which consisted of a black tuxedo jacket, black dress shirt with a wild gold tribal motif, rosary bead necklace, a black skirt which extended past the knees and black suede chelsea boots. Confused? So are we. It does make one wonder whether he’s wearing diamond studded garments under that conservatively lengthened skirt. Let’s not forget that Neymar is worth a reported $185 million…

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And he has the watch collection to prove it. Based on some snooping it seems that Neymar is rocking a custom diamond studded version of his latest timepiece from Gaga Milano, a boutique Swiss watchmaker whose pieces are loud and exuberant to say the least. Price? Undisclosed but you can expect it to range in the tens or hundreds of thousands based on the diamonds alone.

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The Peruvian government has decided to build an international airport for Machu Picchu, allowing direct flights from Latin America and the USA to fly straight to the doorstep of one of the world’s most stunning World Heritage Sites. The move is set to create 2,500 construction jobs, provide more lucrative opportunities for local communities to ‘sell up’ and satisfy local leaders, who the mayor, Luis Cusicuna says, “Have been pushing for a second larger airport in Cusco since the 1970s,” (The Guardian).

However, while the benefits of ‘selling up’ are all too real (Yanacona, one of Chinchero’s three indigenous communities, has sold most of its land to the state for about $35m, while some individual families have made small fortunes selling farmland to developers), archaeologists, other locals and tour operators have slammed the new airport as a backwards, short-sighted and destructive force on an ancient wonder which already struggles to cope with the 1.7 million annual visitors it receives (more than double the limit recommended by UNESCO).

Although the multibillion-dollar international airport is not set to be complete until 2023, as Traveller reports, “Bulldozers have (already) begun clearing land… at Chinchero, the gateway to the Sacred Valley in the Peruvian Andes, once the heart of the Inca Empire.”

In response to this, outraged residents and archaeologists like Natalia Majluf (a Peruvian art historian at Cambridge University) have started a petition, arguing that it is not worth putting one of the most important historic and archeological sites in the world at risk in order to save a few overweight Americans from having to walk (or drive) all the way from Cusco (the closest airport at present) and to give the local economy a short term boost, while devaluing the very experience that people go there for.

“An airport in the surroundings of the Sacred Valley will affect the integrity of a complex Inca landscape and will cause irreparable damage due to noise, traffic and uncontrolled urbanisation,” the petition says, calling upon Peruvian president, Martin Vizcarra, to reconsider the airport.

New Zealand-based travel company Viva Expeditions has also protested the decision, saying the airport “will erode all that is considered sacred about the Sacred Valley,” turning it into a theme park, and losing “the special feeling of discovery” one gets when visiting the famed Incan citadel.

“Noise will shatter the peace degrading the whole sacred valley experience. More day trippers or “tick box tourists” could start visiting Machu Picchu, creating a theme park out of a sacred place.”

These are legitimate concerns, which we largely empathise with. What we can’t get behind, however, are some of the self-righteous statements many Western ‘travellers’ have begun posting on Twitter.

I really cannot believe people are trying to build an airport at Machu Picchu, it’s so disgusting and awful that anyone even came up with this idea. THIS IS A WONDER OF THE WORLD. HOW CAN YOU SPIT IN THE INCA’S FACE LIKE THIS?! pic.twitter.com/nMMGZOMzkk

— Averi Is Sad (@avereejean) 22 May 2019

While Averi’s heart is clearly in the right place, she seems to have forgotten that the current, over-saturated tourism situation is already a spit in the face of the ancient Inca’s (let alone the colonisation of the 16th and 17th centuries).

Where’s Machu Picchu located again?

— Jason Van Den Berg (@ThGoodestOfBoys) 17 May 2019

While Jason was keen to make his thoughts known, he needed to brush up on his geography…

Such condescending article. Cusco has a small airport, so they plan to build a new one It is not near Machu Picchu, and not “on top” of it. And yet, the Brits are accusing Peruvians of not respecting culture. The Brits, who’ve filled their museums with treasures from abroad.

— Musonia Rufa (@Musonia_Rufa) 18 May 2019

And as Musonia points out: much of the outrage is as historically ignorant as it is hypocritical. After all: what do most travellers really care about—their tranquil summit experience or the local economy? As for the tour guides: are they worried a new airport will create competition? And do they not realise that when the original Cusco airport was built, over 50 years ago, the tourism boom it facilitated (and that they now profit from) has already caused significant damage?

While we agree that this new airport is a bad idea, we also reckon Bucket-List Travellers should take a second to think before getting all outraged. In other words: protest all you like, but don’t get indignant. Especially when you are the exact demographic whose trips the new airport is being built to accommodate.

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Eating your way to muscle gain or weight loss may sound like a pipe dream but it’s a critical building block in attaining the physique that today’s most dedicated fitness junkies seek. Getting it done properly often involves discipline and careful evaluation of every individual’s caloric intake levels beforehand. Once that’s down pat, your daily meals should tie together to hit your fitness targets. But what meal ideas are the best? Nutrition expert Amander Weixner weighed in with her findings below from breakfast to lunch to dinner to snacking.

 

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As a reminder, Weixner notes that, “for fat loss you need to be in a sustainable caloric deficit. For muscle gain, you need to be in a caloric surplus”. We figured it’d be important to know what these two terms mean.

Caloric Deficit

Caloric deficit refers to the reduction of input and calories consumed from food. This can pertain to smaller portion sizes or a shift in high calorie foods to lower calorie foods to be in a state of caloric deficit.

Caloric Surplus

Caloric surplus is a state where you consume more calories from muscle building food than you burn, leading to weight gain in the form of muscle or body fat. Whilst eating more will just lead to excess body fat, those in caloric surplus need to partake in strength training in order to gain muscle.

According to Weixner, the meal ideas don’t need to be devoid of all complex carbs in either case of weight loss or muscle gain.

“While at dinner, I skipped the rice for cauliflower rice, at lunch, I still included the full sweet potato and just skipped the toppings that were in the muscle gain meal,” she explained in her latest post. “Additionally, I made sure I had plenty of healthy fats in the weight loss meals but still had a smaller portion than in the muscle gain meals.”

Weixner also outlined a detailed meal guide for those seeking to hit their muscle and weight goals. The muscle meals are essentially upsized versions of the fat loss meals.

Breakfast fat loss – 2 eggs + 2 egg whites, 1/4 avocado, 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes + 1/4 cup mushrooms + 1/4 cup asparagus sautéed + 1 piece Ezekiel toast
Breakfast muscle gain – Added 2 eggs, + 1/4 avocado, + 1 tbsp pb

Lunch fat loss – 4oz/113g chicken, 1 sweet potato, 1 cup broccoli
Lunch muscle gain – Added 2oz/57g chicken, added 1 banana + 1 tbsp pb

Dinner fat loss – 4oz/113g wild salmon, 1 cup cauliflower rice, 1 cup mushrooms + 1 cup kale sautéed in 1 tsp olive oil
Dinner muscle gain – Added 2oz/57g salmon, subbed in 1 cup rice for 1 cup cauliflower

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It’s not often you see the likes of Smythson, Off-White, Dolce and Gabbana, Ralph Lauren and Golden Goose on sale for 20% off, 50% off is pretty well unheard of, but, Moda Operandi is currently offering up to 50% off on the brands above and many more exclusive designer brands.

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I like to think myself a tough guy. A Tripadvisor guru. A man who books cheap flights in one hand while saute-ing hostel leftovers in the other. A man deaf to snores and creaking springs. A man who eats 10-hour delays for breakfast and enjoys a cold marble floor. But nothing could have prepared me for Sofitel Nusa Dua’s 5-Star Beach Resort.

Drawn by the gloating floating breakfasts, shimmering pool, and a private butler service that hotel PR teams talk about in hushed tones, I felt compelled to dip a toe into the Luxury World. For journalism.

But first: context. As The Economist observed in 2017, the prospect of getting a flight-upgrade used to be enough to make “respectable people fling themselves to their knees like beggars.” However, in 2019, a Photogenic Floating Brekkie (delivered by a team of private butlers), is the new #goal of Luxury Travellers seeking Instagram Steeze.

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Don’t believe us? Just check out the 19, 536 Instagram posts with the hashtag ‘floatingbreakfast’ (or consider the fact that 75 of them were uploaded in the last 24 hours alone).

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From Bali’s Nusa Dua to the Gulf of Thailand, the obsessive quest for the perfect floating breakfast (shot) has become a veritable phenomenon. Mine, however, was more of a natural disaster.

It all began when three hotel staff brought a heavily laden breakfast tray to my door, and brought it through to the pool for me. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I asked them to put it in an almost enclosed area, knowing that I would require a minute or twenty to get ready.

They put it down, confused as to why I didn’t want it in the main section of the pool, which would have allowed me to wander around and take photos. “No, no, it’s all good,” I replied, not wanting them to realise I was planning on getting another quarter hour’s sleep.

“You sure?”, they asked, reminding me the tray required two people to move.

“Absolutely.”

I returned 15 minutes later, with a marginally clearer head, only to realise that a one-metre squared radius was hardly going to show off the pool in all of its glory.

Although the staff would have come back in a heartbeat, I was embarrassed to ask. So I moved the tray myself—putting my back out, spilling my champagne, drenching my croissants with orange juice and creating some home-brew cafe au chlorine in the process.

I then hastily re-arranged each item so that it resembled how the hotel staff had left it. But before I even had the chance to look around guiltily, my private butler appeared out of the (perfectly manicured) undergrowth, wielding an iPhone and the grin of a Papparrazi photographer who had just caught the royal baby taking its first steps.

I then posed for a few photos, attempting to ignore the rumbling in my stomach and the chlorine on my tongue. Then I realised: I was missing the point of a floating breakfast. Enjoyment.

I ate a few bites of my omelette, gobbled my Smoothie Bowl, and waded around trying to look cool (but looking more like a pale, elderly man with a mobility aide).

I then returned my tray to the pool edge outside my back door, and popped inside to make some capsule coffee. By the time I returned, the tray had gone. But after hearing so much about the hyper-efficiency of the hotel’s butler service, I assumed my tray had been whisked away in more capable hands, shrugged, and went back inside.

Later in the day, I came upon the Press Group discussing what sort of person would order a floating breakfast only to send it on a solo adventure around the Nusa Dua resort. I mean—seriously—who would do that? Right?

Not me. That’s who.

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The humble suit is a staple of every man’s wardrobe, even for those who see a wedding once a decade. Little do some know though that a suit can be broken up and worn in countless different ways for different occasions. We’re talking about the suit jacket, a single venerable piece that can show off its versatility when paired with different bottoms, shirts or layers.

Pulling it off is easy. During the colder months simply throw your suit jacket together with a cardigan and a dress shirt or t-shirt of your choice. Ties are also optional with the dress shirt as the star here is the suit jacket which defines the overall formality of the look.

RELATED: How To Wear A Suit Without A Tie

Most men who break up a suit tend to go down the smart-casual route which is perfect for after work drinks or more casual workplaces. Come summertime and a suit jacket is easily paired with shorts and a tee or linen shirt.

The beauty of the lone wolf suit jacket? It’s entirely up to you how you rock it on its own. But here are a few hints to help you on your way.

Correct Suit Jacket Fitment

Just as any full suit needs fit your body in order to look good, a suit jacket on its own also follows the same rule. In order to determine if a suit jacket fits you, look at:

• Suit jacket shoulders should never be fully square like in the 80s and stick out beyond your own shoulders
• If the suit jacket’s shoulders extend beyond your shoulders then it’s too big
• Sleeves extend past your lower wrist and into your palms – this means they’re too long
• When buttoned up (top button only), the suit jacket wraps around your mid-section whilst leaving stretch creases – this means the jacket is too small
• The best fit is often a slim or tailored fit which contours around your body without restricting it

How To Wear A Suit Jacket With Jeans

The poster child for smart casual is a suit jacket with jeans combo. The one rule that pertain to this look is no ripped jeans or baggy jeans often donned by skater kids or rappers. The suit jacket is derived from sartorial roots so keeping the fitment within these guidelines is imperative.

Once you’ve nailed that it’s a simple case of picking your denim. Indigo denim is a no brainer and pairs best to contrasting suit jacket colours (black, navy, grey, green). What you don’t want is a suit jacket that is too similar in colour to the jeans otherwise you’ll end up looking like Justin Timberlake circa-2001. Black jeans can also work well with these colours.

How To Wear A Suit Jacket With Chinos

Chinos follow the same rules as denim with the only difference being brighter options for summer season styling. The most common pairing is a navy suit jacket with light coloured chinos (white, sand, cement) but this can also work with various suit jacket colours. When going for lighter colours up top, contrast it with darker chinos. Given the casual nature of chinos, it’s also ideal to pair them with white sneakers, suede loafers and anything else that gives off the laid back vibes that are perfect for both work and play.

How To Wear A Suit Jacket With Shorts

Proceed with caution. Not many men can pull off this look as it does go against conventional suiting looks. The issue isn’t with the shorts but more so the right occasion to wear this unique combo – it’s a more festive look than formal work attire. Nonetheless, it’s common for the shorts to match the suit jacket colour, and to remain fitted.

Remember, you’re not wearing swim shorts but dress shorts so they should look tailored and sit just above the knees. Baggy shorts or swim shorts simply won’t work. One other rule to stick to is the no socks rule. When pairing a suit jacket with shorts, forgo the socks as this pertains to the summer theme.

How To Wear Double Breasted Suit Jackets

Double-breasted suit jackets can be worn the same way as single-breasted suits. That is, with jeans, contrasting chinos or shorts. The only difference here is the overtly formal look. The rule here is to do up the middle row of buttons and the single button on the bottom left.

Smart Casual Suit Jacket FAQ

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When two heavyweights of Hollywood team up you’re usually guaranteed a hit in the theatres. Throw Quentin Tarantino into the fold and that film reaches legendary status before it’s even released. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood appears to be one of those films and overnight it saw its premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.

What surprised us though was how strikingly similar Pitt and DiCaprio actually looked on the red carpet. Donning almost-matching classic black tuxedos, the duo expressed their usual calm demeanour complete with matching beards, wrinkles, eyes and groomed hairstyles – slightly different but reminiscent enough to play brothers in the real world. We’ll blame this on the matching tuxedos.

Under natural lighting, the tuxedos did give off their own character with Pitt opting for a more traditional black hue complete with a cummerbund – that’s the sash around the waist. DiCaprio’s tux featured a slight navy tinge with no cummerbund. Both stars also chose to forgo any wrist candy in favour of a cleaner look in their black-tie dress code. Throw in polished dress shoes and there’s nothing much else to it.

But we digress…these two guys could be top candidates for a Twins sequel should there ever be one. Ironically in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Brad Pitt plays the stunt double to DiCaprio’s character which probably explains the clone vibes.

Still, they’ll never be able to outdo the ‘Stunt…One-ble’ phenomenon – the concept of illegally becoming your co-star – that was brilliantly demonstrated by Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise back in 2000’s Mission Improbable.

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It’s a ballsy move to take a punt against Mother Nature but Elba Island around Italy’s Archipelago National Park is seemingly up for it. In a bid to encourage tourists to stay and experience the island beyond just its scenic beaches, the destination’s official website is offering opportunistic influencers tourists free accommodation if it rains on their parade during their stay.

More specifically, the island’s tourism website says that for the entire month of May, if it rains for more than two hours between 10am and 8pm, then your overnight stay is free. It sounds like a win-win situation alongside the island’s latest ‘Elba No Rain’ initiative but there are conditions. Guests need to book into one of the hotels or guest houses that are approved for the island’s program so your favourite hotel may not be on the list.

On the flip side if you miss this round in May, the offer will come back again from September 15 till the end of October. So what is there to do on Elba Island besides beach bumming? The location sports a rich history and cool coastal architecture of the European flavour. It’s also famous for being the location where French Emperor Napoleon was exiled before he called it a day.

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Dubbed a public display offence by The Telegraph, a fad to be killed by Fashion Beans and a ‘pasty, hairy’ mania by The Economist the ‘mankle’ is perhaps the most unfairly maligned male fashion statement of the 21st century. And while no-one takes the man-shaming of the Daily Mail and co. completely seriously, there’s no doubt that—beyond a small subculture of Europe-looking fashionistas—most Australian men are uncomfortable exposing their knobbly bits in public.

But as suits get smaller, trousers get tailored within inches of their lives, and publications like Elle encourage men to bare more flesh, Australian men have started feeling the pressure to roll up their cuffs and chuck their socks in the trash.

 

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While this looks suave on someone with fresh chinos, deck shoes, a Vespa and a mild Italian climate to match, it is a little trickier to pull off on a sweaty 40-degree afternoon at Redfern station (me in January) or a chilly windswept morning at Circular Quay (me today) as onlookers gawk at your slowly purpling cankles.

Further: as The Economist points out, after consulting the Royal College Of Podiatry, “Men who go commando… are at unusually high risk of getting athletes’ foot and fungal nail infections: sweat and shoe insoles form a breeding ground for noxious bacteria.”

And that’s not to mention—even professional Australian stylists admit: many Aussie blokes can’t be bothered to shop for themselves, let alone master a precipitous trend that makes even the most sartorially accomplished men sweat.

In a hot climate, which—as you can see from the above map—comprises most of Australia, this is far from ideal. And—unfortunately for the invisible sock wearing crew—you don’t negate this problem by moving south, because then you start to hit English Riviera type temperatures and goosebumps will take precedence over your freshly waxed ankles.

Besides, as Stephen Doig wrote for The Telegraph, while this sort of look may ‘sing’ on the catwalk, it is much harder for those of us in the real world to pull off. The conclusion? Either move to Ballarat, which has the climate of Central Italy, or just embrace those precious windows between March and May, and September and November, to rock your talocrural contours.

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